Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1887-12-30
GLliANINGs.

before the close of the month,
unless the farmer is willing to feed
out his grain at loss, for after
cold weather sets in, it is very
difficult, il not impossible, to put
pound of pork on Eat hog
without costing more than it will
bring. Store hogs should be fed
on coarse materials, like roots.
pumpkins and shorts. with just
meal enough to keep them growing
rapidly. While the hogs should be
Civ uquarters where the g S T'ents
Il pure an, it IS mportaat the
should be Kept wefm ,'noGgh t" l.
ceniip,tshi,.; give hem plent> %,
goa0 dry bedding SO they em
cover themselves up we'll during
cc:1 aishts.
L Farm animals are nov
eani eis q; pendert oil thu Fame
fol Their food. aud he wiio ua@
stands his business will deal ,.u'
the feed at each time, and III such
quantities, as is best for them:
but this is a work that requires
long practical, and good Judge
ment; it is not every man that can
learn to feed farm stock without
waste. While one man will possess
the wonderful faculty of making
the cattle eat up the coarse fodder
clean, another try as he will, the
cattle viii waste more than one
third, if not half of the coarse
fodder, and the cattle will not look
in as good condition as those that
are made to eat the fodder ny
clean.
A blanket is very useful and
even necessary thing in the care
Of 9 horse, says an exchange, If il
is judiciously used. 1t is often q
very harmful thing, when injudi-
ciously used. As soon as the
weather begins to get a little cool
many men get out the blanket, and
as soon as the horse is stopped on
the street on goes the blanket.
Now, unless the weather is cold
the animal Will sweat under the
covering, and when it is taken off
ten chances to one if it does not
get cold. Be sparing in the use
of the blanket in ordinary weather.
Onions should, in winter, be
kept dry in garrets, though heat
will not injure them like other
crops; very heavy freezing will
hurt them; slight, will not. Pota-
toes are seriously injured by air,
and light; a cool dark place is
best; the old-fashioned pit out of
doors gave good results. Squash
and pumpkins must not freeze; a
dry place is best. Winter radishes
go with root crops. Sweet
potatoes are Southern product,
and can be kept only when the
heat is steady at or somewhat
above SO degrees.
When working for extracted
honey two or more kinds Of honey
should never be put in the same
cask. where each ORIGINAL flavor
cannot be detected. All receptacles,
even those new, should be well
rinsed with pure cold water, and
after well dried, waxed, if of
wooden structure, before using.
Either extracted or comb honey
should be stored in warm, airy
rooms, free from impure air.
Hog crop statistics given by the
Department of Agriculture, says
the Rural World show the hog
supply to be below what it has
been for three previous years in
the great swine and corn-growing
States. From this it is inferable
that hogs will command good
prices for another year at least.
The great scarcity of food would,
by natural law, hold prices up.
The garden needs more manure.
This fact should always be kept in
mind, and every bit of waste that
is likely to have any value, mechan-
zeal or otherwise, as manure
should be added to the heap. 1t
is wonderful what lot of manure
may be got together by those who
keep this always before them.
If any eggs are to be expected
at this season of the year the
laying hens should have warm
houses, and be regularly fed with
a variety Of good feed; never
teech .musty or sour feed, nor
keep hens in a house that is not
properly ventilated.
1t is now time to think about
warm water for COWS. The
American Stockman says; give
the cows warm water every day
and she will repay you by giving
a quarter more milk than she will
on cold wafer.
Every increase of knowledge
may pnscibiv ra,. -